About Me

Hi there. I’m Laura! I live in Harlingen, Texas – down in the Rio Grande Valley. We are located on the Texas/Mexico border and I love the culture that this unique area of the country has to offer.

In September of 2004, I met a good looking guy that made my heart go pitter-patter. In August of 2008, I got to marry this hunk of burning love and he made me a farm wife. My husband is a third generation farmer and it is his passion and purpose in life (I totally admire that). Well this man is my first true and forever love.

In September of 2013, I gave birth to our vivacious and beautiful boy. He’s a cool kid and we’re so blessed to be his parents. He is my second love in life.

I didn’t grow up on a farm and I knew nothing about farming in my previous life (I suppose I believe chicken came from the freezer section). In 2009 I graduated with a BA in English from UTPA (now UTRGV). After graduation, I put that degree to super good use and took a job as a meeting coordinator at the Texas International Produce Association. In 2012 I decided to help the hubs full time in the farm office. I do the bookkeeping and any other farm related office stuff that needs to be done (and…maybe a little Amazon shopping). The perks of the job (because you know…I’m married to the boss) include a super flexible schedule and that came in handy when our little guy came along. Now I’m adjusting to life as full time stay-at-home mama, farm wife, office manager, bookkeeper, pre-school party mom, domestic engineer, and anything else that seems necessary at the time.

About the Farm: We farm grain sorghum, cotton, and sesame (you know, like the seeds on your hamburger bun). Our farm is 100% dry land so ya better believe we pray for rain (when it’s needed) because it is our only source of moisture. The only farm animals we have are a few mama cows. The cow business is something we’re doing as a fun hobby on the side (translation: I don’t even really know what kind of cows we have). But the cows are fun to look at (pretty yard décor) so I’m happy they’re here (I’m a work in progress on the farm y’all).

This blog is like my second baby. I know nothing about blogging but I’m in need of an outlet to express my creative side so I’m hoping to use this blog to showcase my life on the farm as a modern farm wife and pique your interests in some of our family friendly “off-the-beaten path” travels among other little knick-knack interests in life (and finally put my English degree to work).

Welcome to my blog and feel free to send any questions about anything I haven’t mentioned!

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Love Story

Once upon a time…in the enchanted land of Harlingen, Texas, my Prince "Farming" picked me up at my parents house in his white chariot (Ford pick-up). He was actually trying to redeem himself from being a no-show with mutual friends a few nights before. He came to the front door and I think I opened it before he had a chance to ring the door bell. Now if my life was a Nicholas Sparks movie, everything would slow down right here and the music would start. You see, this was the first time we ever looked at each other face to face. That's right - blind date. We chatted on the phone and I had a general idea of what he looked like and vice versa. But we actually laid on eyes on each other for the first time ever, standing there at the threshold of my parents front door. After I wiped the drool from my face and picked my jaw up off the floor, I played it totally cool and threw my parents a wave and said "be back later" before they could interrupt. And so I was whisked away to our local Chili's Bar & Grill. And because neither of us were ready to call it a night we turned our first date into dinner AND a movie. Neither one of us remembers what we saw that night because we were too busy holding hands and…holding hands (oh come on, it was the first date!). After that night, I knew this was the beginning of something great.

The Farm

Our farm is located at the Southern tip of Texas. We farm in Cameron & Hidalgo counties (in agriculture counties are like your social security number). We farm grain sorghum, cotton and sesame. Our farm is 100% dry land so our only source of moisture is rain. Before my farm wife days, I never realized how important weather is to agriculture. To me rainy days were for movies and sunny days were for tanning. And then I married a farmer. And now I know that rain can make or break a crop. It's stressful man.